Surviving core of ill-fated Jupiter-like planet spotted near distant star

July 02, 2020 9:12 AM

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed, with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere.

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The Straits Times World News